Custom House station

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Custom House

Location

Place

ExCeL, Custom House

Local authority

Newham

Operations

Managed by

Owned by

DLR

Platforms in use

National Rail

Station code

CUS

Annual entry/exit

0.064 million *

Transport for London

Zone

History

1855
1994
2006

Opened
DLR branch to Beckton started
North London Line service discontinued

Transport for London
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Custom House station is in the Custom House area by the Royal Docks, east London. It is served by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It takes its name from the old Custom House, which formerly stood nearby.

The station opened in 1855, on the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway, which eventually became merged into the North London Line. The DLR station opened on 28 March 1994 as part of the extension to Beckton. The North London Line platforms were closed on 9 December 2006 after the closure of the Stratford to North Woolwich section of the line.

It is the principal public transport access to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and its adjacent complex of hotels, restaurants and bars. It is linked to the main entrance of the exhibition centre by an overhead walkway, which also connects to the Royal Victoria Dock Bridge, spanning the Royal Victoria Dock to its southern side.

The proposed Crossrail line 1's Dartford branch will call at Custom House.